he's never let us down. he's been true to his word, honest man. >> reporter: despite that sentiment and president obama's support spect lost the 2010 democratic primary to congressman joe sestak. along the way over two decades specter repeatedly fought off cancer but in late august he confirmd he was ailing again this time with non-hodgkins lymphoma and yesterday came word he had died at his home in philadelphia at age 82. in a statement the president summed uper specthe's long carer saying or lien was fiercely independent, never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. the funeral will be tomorrowpe n pennsylvania. the vice president will attend. >> suarez: you can read the transcript from gwen's 2005 interview with specter on our website and an on-line note about hari's story about the skydiver. we have videos of the jump and past jumps plus a graphic of his space suit and capsule all on our website. >> woodruff: again, the other major developments of the day. the presidential